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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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A EULOGY FOR GRATUITIES AS WAGES

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted April 11, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Terms of Service

It’s time to curb service industry harassment by ending dependence on tipping

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Terms of Service Tagged With: Boston, gratuities, Haley Hamilton, harassment, Juliet, Massachusetts, restaurant industry, ROC, Saru Jayaraman, Terms of Service, wages

POINT OF POWER: STATE POLICE TRAINING INCLUDED ‘HATEFUL, TERRIFYING’ SLIDE SHAMING PROTESTER

Written by SETH KERSHNER Posted April 11, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

“For them to use a hateful meme of me in what is supposedly training material is just terrifying,” Sullivan wrote. “It shows just how openly they condone harassment campaigns against anti-racist protesters.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, Boston, harassment, history, I-93, Mass State Police, Police, Protest, riot training, state police, throwback, troopers

THE COMBINED MIGHT OF BARISTAS AND BARTENDERS

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted February 20, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Terms of Service

“The restaurant industry, the coffee industry, hospitality in general is inherently, I think, a social industry. People go to cafes to meet other people, to talk and connect, and I said that’s perfect.”

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Terms of Service Tagged With: Boston, Boston Intersectional Coffee Collective, Eve Ensler, Futures without Violence, harassment, monologue, secual harassment, service industry, Terms of Service, US Bartenders’ Guild, USBG, V-Day, Vagina Monologues, Valentine's Day, VDay

V-DAY 2018: FINALLY A BUNCH OF REASONS TO EMBRACE FEBRUARY AROUND BOSTON

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted February 6, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Drinks, FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, Performing Arts, Terms of Service

This year, a group of Boston hospitality industry pros are turning mid-February into a series of events in the name of V-Day, a global activist movement fighting to end violence against women and girls.

Filed Under: A+E, Drinks, FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, Performing Arts, Terms of Service Tagged With: Boston, Eve Ensler, Futures without Violence, harassment, monologue, secual harassment, service industry, Terms of Service, US Bartenders’ Guild, USBG, V-Day, Vagina Monologues, Valentine's Day, VDay

SHIRLEY, YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted January 31, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS

A reporter’s fight to learn more about harassment in a small town’s police department

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, attorney general, cops, Critical Mass, harassment, Mass, Massachusetts, Police, public records, Shirley, shirley police, William Galvin

MACRO AGGRESSIONS: TRUMP FLAGS, RIGHT-WING MEMES LINE WALLS AT BOSTON COMPANY, WORKERS BE DAMNED

Written by EOIN HIGGINS Posted December 20, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Incendiary Pepe the Frog memes, printed out and hung around the office. A Trump Make America Great Again flag covering a large portion of a workspace wall. An image of Bernie Sanders with the word “Cuck” printed over his chest.

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston, charlestown, Donald Trump, employees, Employment, harassment, memes, Pepe the Frog, SimpliSafe, workplace

A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted November 29, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Should the consequences be applied bluntly or is there any room for nuance? I mean, I don’t want a boss who even grabbed one ass. But, would I be okay with a one-time ass-grab senator if he votes to keep Obamacare? I’m not sure how to judge.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Al Franken, Democracy in Crisis, Donald Trump, harassment, Harvey Weinstein, Roy Moore, Washington

BLOOD SUCKERS: CALL CENTER WORKERS BATTLE ABUSIVE CUSTOMERS, MANAGERS, BEDBUGS

Written by EOIN HIGGINS Posted November 28, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

This time, it was an infestation in the company’s third- and fourth-floor call centers at 294 Washington St in Downtown Crossing. The bed bugs issue, which has reportedly been a problem since April and continues to plague the company’s Boston offices, was the tipping point for SimpliSafe workers.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: bedbugs, conservative radio, conservative television, harassment, labor, organizing, SimpliSafe, unions, workers

INTRODUCING ‘TERMS OF SERVICE,’ A NEW INDUSTRY COLUMN BY HALEY HAMILTON

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted November 17, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

There are many talented people in the Boston service industry who have chosen this line of work because we like it ... and we usually do OK for ourselves financially.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: abuse, bartenders, Behind the Kitchen Door, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, harassment, racism, report, restaurant industry, Restaurant Opportunities Center, service industry, sexism, Terms of Service

HARSH PENALTIES FOR HARSH TRUTHS

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted January 12, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s obvious that Ryan is looking for revenge and retribution, not justice, especially considering the fact that two of the remaining defendants were street medics who were not in the road.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #occupyboston, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Globe, BPD, Curtatone, DigBoston, Direct action, harassment, I-93, Medford, Middlesex DA, Milton, Nicole Sullivan, Oregon, police brutality, police violence, threats

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